CVE-2024-42062

Apache CloudStack: User Key Exposure to Domain Admins

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: August 7, 2024 at 07:17 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCloudstack

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

CloudStack account-users by default use username and password based authentication for API and UI access. Account-users can generate and register randomised API and secret keys and use them for the purpose of API-based automation and integrations. Due to an access permission validation issue that affects Apache CloudStack versions 4.10.0 up to 4.19.1.0, domain admin accounts were found to be able to query all registered account-users API and secret keys in an environment, including that of a root admin. An attacker who has domain admin access can exploit this to gain root admin and other-account privileges and perform malicious operations that can result in compromise of resources integrity and confidentiality, data loss, denial of service and availability of CloudStack managed infrastructure. Users are recommended to upgrade to Apache CloudStack 4.18.2.3 or 4.19.1.1, or later, which addresses this issue. Additionally, all account-user API and secret keys should be regenerated.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.10.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.18.2.24.10.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.18.2.24.10.0.0 ≤ v < 4.18.2.34.19.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 4.19.1.04.19.0.0 ≤ v < 4.19.1.14.10.04.10.0.04.19.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.18.2.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.19.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-863

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